Average Temperatures in North Carolina

Average annual temperatures for cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout North Carolina are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: North Carolina Mountains in the west, Piedmont in the center, and North Carolina Coast to the east.

Place name links take you to more detailed temperature information for that location.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

North Carolina Mountains

Average annual temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
67	46	Asheville	19	8
60	38	Banner Elk	15	4
58	40	Blowing Rock	15	5
61	39	Boone	16	4
54	40	Grandfather Mountain	12	4
63	41	Highlands	17	5
69	45	Kerr Scott Reservoir	21	7
69	46	Morganton	21	8
68	41	Oconaluftee	20	5
68	42	Pisgah Forest	20	6
69	45	Tapoco	21	7
68	47	Waterville	20	8

Average temperatures for the year
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
70	48	Cary	21	9
71	48	Chapel Hill	21	9
71	49	Charlotte	22	9
72	48	Concord	22	9
69	47	Durham	21	8
72	49	Gastonia	22	10
69	49	Greensboro	21	10
70	44	Henderson	21	7
69	48	Hickory	21	9
72	49	High Point	22	10
68	42	Mount Airy	20	6
72	50	Raleigh	22	10
70	50	Winston-Salem	21	10

Average yearly temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
71	54	Atlantic Beach	22	12
71	55	Beaufort	21	13
72	51	Belhaven	22	11
69	56	Cape Hatteras	21	14
75	52	Cedar Island	24	11
71	52	Edenton	21	11
72	50	Elizabeth City	22	10
73	50	Fayetteville	23	10
73	52	Goldsboro	23	11
72	51	Greenville	22	11
72	48	Hofmann Forest	22	9
70	55	Manteo	21	13
73	55	Morehead City	23	13
73	53	New Bern	23	11
69	56	Ocracoke	20	13
76	53	Southport	24	12
74	54	Wilmington	23	12